Application Management

Description:

Is used to provide software installation services such as Assign, Publish and Remove. It handles deployment of software for computers joined to a domain through group policies.

Note Windows XP Home has this service registered, but the appmgmts.dll needed to start the service is not part of Windows XP Home. When installing/uninstalling a program, then the following error will be generated in the Event Log if the service is not disabled:

*Event ID: 7023
Description: The Application Management Service terminated with the following error: The specified module could not be found.

More Info MS KB328213*

Recommended State:

• Manual

Default State:

• Manual

Process Name:

• Windows 8 Pro: svchost.exe -k netsvcs (AppMgmt)
• Windows 7 Pro: svchost.exe -k netsvcs (AppMgmt)
• Vista Business/Ultimate: svchost.exe -k netsvcs (AppMgmt)
• WinXP Pro/2k3: svchost.exe -k netsvcs (AppMgmt)
• Win2k: services.exe (AppMgmt)

Supports:

• None

Depends:

• None